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Interesting view of Sacre Coeur–I only ever saw it from in front and below, so didn’t recognize it.
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It’s from a drone – very modern!
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Good Morning, Stella and Crew,
Thought I would share the latest update is things are taking a turn for the worse for Treepers YTZ and PZ, please lift them up in your prayers, words of encouragement left for them over at their house would probably be appreciated. It seems that more of the old time Treepers have found a home here, so hope this is okay to leave a message for others who read (lurk) rather than write.
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I saw a brief note that they had a family emergency earlier this week, but didn’t see anything else.
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Who is PZ? Partyzanski (or something like that?)? Is that Yatz’s partner/spouse/significant other?
Prayers for whatever the concern is…
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Yes, re PZ.
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Thank you for the update, BJ17.
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Of course, I will say a prayer for their family.
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Stella, my thoughts and prayers for YTZ and PZ. Is their anything I can do? If so, you can email me.
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I don’t know the details, Colonel, only that there is some kind of family emergency. I don’t know what. I’ll take a look at the blog, but otherwise don’t know what we can do, except pray for them.
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I had peek at he blog and from the comments it seems that there is a health/physical problem with their daughter. Prayers.
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I saw that too.
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Thanks BlueJay17.
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Thanks for letting us know, BlueJay. Please keep us posted if you know anything further.
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Possibly my very favorite piece of music– Spem in alium by Thomas Tallis:
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Spem in alium nunquam habui
Praeter in te, Deus Israel
Qui irasceris et propitius eris
et omnia peccata hominum
in tribulatione dimittis
Domine Deus
Creator caeli et terrae
respice humilitatem nostram
……………
I have never put my hope in any other
but in You, O God of Israel
who can show both anger and graciousness,
and who absolves all the sins
of suffering man
Lord God,
Creator of Heaven and Earth
be mindful of our lowliness
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“who can show both anger and graciousness”
IMO a description of someone that has been much falsely portrayed by the MSM of late.
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A blessed Sunday to all.
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And to you, Mary.
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Coffee, hot and ready. May we all remember to give thanks for our many blessings on the Lord’s day. Good morning friends.
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Thank you menagerie!
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Mornin’ y’all!
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Good morning WeeWeed!
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Mornin’ Lovely!
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Ms.WeeWeed! Cowboys don’t drink lattes…..
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Mornin’ Colonel!
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Typo Police. 😉
“Latte, Jeb?”
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LOLOL!!
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Mornin’ stella! (Smiter of those that ought to be smote) 😎 🍸 (Long Island Iced Tea)
(Jack Daniels)
( and Czarina 🙂 🍸 )
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(Roy Rogers)
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(B52)
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Mornin’ partyzantski! 🙂
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Mornin’ whiners and complainers! ⭐ 😛 (No drink for you!)
Mornin’ to people posting that I missed. 😳
Mornin’ to all you lurkers! 😕
Also just in case someday; mornin’ to Elvis Chupacabra and F.D.R. in Hell!
Breakfast!
NEW and IMPROVED breakfast with extra bacon for ZurichMike!
Pastries for coffee!
⭐ = Unprintable phallic symbol
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Garcias B!
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Mornin’ Nyet, everybody.
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Mornin’ Mom!
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Beautiful! Good morning Nyet 🙂
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Nye, I’ll grab a plate, good western on, “Last Train From Gun Hill”. Excellent breakfast, coffee, I’m good till noon! Then bacon sammitchs for the afternoon……
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Morning Nyet, make mine Jack Daniels. Breakfast looks great. I do love omelets.
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A good morning to you Nyet,
Lovely omelet. I can fry, poach, scramble and soft boil, but have a hard time making the perfect omelet. Keeps me from full Egg Maestro status.
Hope your day goes well. Me, I’ll be glued to the TV, watching what is shaping up to be an epic Masters tourney down there in Georgia.
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Who is your money on Derk? I think poor Spieth may have lost his confidence after falling apart yesterday. I’d like to see Smylie (just because of his name 🙂 and youth) Spieth or Day get the Green Jacket. Or the old guy Langer.
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Well, think you are right on Spieth. Like to see him win, (‘Merica), but he seems to be getting more unsure on his shots, so think he will stumble while hoping he does not.
Would love to see Langer, just a tad older than myself, what a story that’d be. But, in using that long putter still, really bending the rule, and I’d have to discount a “miracle” win if he does pull it off.
Smylie, hmm. Good story, good kid, but believe he’ll fade. Not enough info on him to say either way.
Rory could do it, if he gets out to a good start, look out.
I am DJ fan, but putting is going to be the key, so nope.
Day is good bet, he too will have to start fast and get the swag going. Good putter as well.
But actually my gut is saying Matsuyama the Japanese lad. Tough, proven, great iron player.
Willet and Snedeker could sneak up as well. Westwood will fall.
This is going to be soooo GREAT!!.
My prediction:
Matsuyama
Day
Spieth
Willet
McEllroy
Snedeker
Langer
Johnson
Think holes 1-5 are key, get a couple of birdies, avoid any bogeys, get the confidence and blood flowing. Hope it is as epic as it portends to be. Enjoy!!!
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Wow! Nice predictions and analysis. I’ll go with Day or Smylie for the win.
Early is essential, as is a fearless mindset, one of the tennis greats once said, “Most games are won and lost in the shower before you step onto the court.” I think a lot of sports are that way especially individual sports like golf and tennis.
My prediction for Bubba, very hot top 3 finish or very cold and drops like a rock.
PS I don’t think Langer is old in the real world, just on the Master’s course. I refer to Roger Federer as an old man all the time and he is only 34, I’m just barely old enough to be his mum, but he is an old man in the world of tennis.
And away we go! Have fun!
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True, and as they also say, ” golf is a game of inches, and the most important are those 4 (5 if you are a LargeBrain) between the ears. Golf to me is life in readout. What is going on in your mind/soul/spirit comes out through your hands
This is my Super Bowl, love this tourney, this venue. I spend a lot of time just taking in the course, so beautiful. I get a map app going and follow them around the course to see where they are at. My kids know and leave Dad to be. The U.S. Open always falls on Father’s Day, and my gift is allowing me to just immerse myself for the day in golf.
Wind is going to be down, so fantastic shots a’flying and roars through the Georgia pines a’thundering.
Anticipation builds! I do love me some golf.
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The “Large Brain” comment is in reference to an older movie ” Defending Your Life”. Albert Brooks and Meryl Streep. Hilarious. Just watched the trailer and brought back fond memories.
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I think my dad likely wept when this happened 😦
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGhDdu9sYo4
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I know! Crazy huh!?
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Congratulations Mr. Willett 🏌
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Some credit goes
to his wife; else he
certainly would have
been elsewhere. 😉
https://twitter.com/Nicolewillett88/status/719181748228198400
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Kind of did a Karl Rove on my Matsuyama pick. Sorry to see Spieth throw up all over himself, he had it in the bag. Love Dustin’s game, if he could putt a bit better, he’d be the best. Rory and Day had opportunity early, but fizzled. The drive by Rory on the 3rd was epic. Westwood impressed, but just not quite enough oomph, although a fantastic eagle on 15. Poor Smylie, held in there for the longest of time. Langer as well, one last hurrah before riding that long putter into the twilight. THREE holes in one on the 16th, the last one hitting another ball and still goes in!
And then there’s Willet, very deserving, very talented. And he had all of the right ingredients to make himself a champion, even his wife/son cooperating. Great day, not exactly as I hoped nor predicted, but that is the beauty of it all.
Good talking some golf with you Lovely, hope you enjoyed it as well.
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Spieth really did implode and even though he wasn’t vey gracious in his loss he is only 22 and he did the best he could after totally disappointing and mortifying himself so I hope he can shake it off. I thought he did a good job in putting the blame on himself, after he had some time to gather himself and did end up as gracious as one could expect under the circumstances. The twelfth hole, tough one to leave behind.
And Smylie 😞poor kid, that was rough.
It didn’t play out like I expected with the front 9 giving no clue to the implosion coming on the back 9 but it sure was fun! I was pleased to see Willett win, he played well and he was willing to give it up if his baby was not born before the Masters so I really admired him for being a dad and husband before he was a Master’s golfer. 1.8 million will buy a lot of diapers 🙂
With the three holes in one on 16 I had a hope that Spieth might hit it but it wasn’t to be. What memories those guys will have though.
By the way, did you notice how much Davis Lovie looked like Chief Justice Roberts?
I had to do a double take.
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Good analysis. Nope, didn’t put the two together but yes they do look alike. I’ve always been about 50/50 on Davis. Always seems a bit snooty.
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Isn’t Dustin Johnson the poor chap who would have won a major tournament but he touched his club to the ground 3 times near his ball in an area where it was forbidden?
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Yes. Was considered a hazard area, yet was almost impossible to determine visually, spectators had been standing and walking through the area, and the course was kind of grassy/sandy everywhere. No intention of breaking the rule, but did. Sad.
Then last year at the US Open, he hit the two most fantastic, pressure filled shots (again). but couldn’t two putt from about 10 feet away. Heart breaking, could be spirit crushing, yet he still comes back, although close up is best he does in these majors.
Like his style, his power, and I’ve always been an underdog/badboy fan. Yes, I grew up and remain an Oakland fan, both Raiders and A’s.
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I thought so, thanks! I remember that incident and I felt so bad for him, especially since it wasn’t called during the incident but after he was done playing. It was the legal call but it sure was brutal given the condition of the course.
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Wow. Not much going on?
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Very quiet. I’ve been checking out the news. Trump rally this afternoon.
Also checking out the reports of a major Trump protest in NY this week.
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Well, I have to clean up and go eat breakfast. What else is there?
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What else is there?
A week of intense prayers–and continuing–for several people. The God-given privilege of upholding one another, in our needs.
Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.”
—Galatians 6:2—
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Good morning. Sharing from a cousin, this is how I feel about the weather:
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We’ve got a lot of it down here, will send some in your direction when we’re tired of it. Suggest you don’t hold your breath…
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I just read they found body parts in the recycle bins several blocks from my home. ‘She whom shall not be named’ was VERY upset with the painters working in our building before she flew to join me on my business trip last week. Perhaps I should contact building management to see if there has been any unexpected delay or work stoppage in the painting of corridors and stairwells….
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😯
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A couple of years ago, they found a complete dismembered body in trash bags in the alley across the street and a half block down from my daughter. That’s a really good neighborhood; my guess is that it was a Hispanic gang killing in Chicago. The people who found it set out with their trash were not amused.
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I’m not sure I want to bring it up since she is going home in a week.
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“…were not amused.” –an understatement if I ever heard one.
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As for your wife’s reaction – always better to trust your instincts.
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LOL. My instincts say ‘find another hotel’, and ‘change your name’.
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Lights Go Out On Solar Power After British Government Cuts Subsidies –
A fall in solar power was expected following a 65% reduction in government incentives paid to householders, but the size of the drop-off will dismay green campaigners who want take up on clean energy sources to accelerate.
Data published by the energy regulator this week shows there was 21 megawatts (MW) of small solar installed in February and March this year, after a new, lower incentive rate came into effect. By contrast, energy department figures show that for the same period in 2015, 81MW was installed.
The cuts were announced just days after energy secretary Amber Rudd helped agree the historic Paris climate deal, and have bankrupted several solar companies. The government says the changes were necessary to protect bill payers, as the solar incentives are levied on household energy bills.
See more at: http://www.thegwpf.com/lights-go-out-on-solar-power-after-british-government-cuts-subsidies/#sthash.2LJkJE2U.R6SSAySe.dpuf
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More power news: FBI Warns of Cyber Threat to Electric Grid – DHS intel report downplayed cyber threat to power grid
Three months after a Department of Homeland Security intelligence report downplayed the threat of a cyber attack against the U.S. electrical grid, DHS and the FBI began a nationwide program warning of the dangers faced by U.S. utilities from damaging cyber attacks like the recent hacking against Ukraine’s power grid.
The nationwide campaign by DHS and the FBI began March 31 and includes 12 briefings and online webinars for electrical power infrastructure companies and others involved in security, with sessions in eight U.S. cities, including a session next week in Washington.
http://freebeacon.com/issues/fbi-warns-cyber-threat-electric-grid/
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I expect all kindsa crap ‘long about election day, especially being winter and a general pita anyway.
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I’m honestly surprised terrorists haven’t already did this. I remember awhile back a construction worker cut through a line with a backhoe and shut down power, power lines, cable and it totally shut the entire town down, even WalMart closed. People were in a panic, you would have thought it was the end of the world. They got it repaired and everything back up and running in about 5 hours, but during those 5 hours it was hilarious for those of us not in town.
All they had to do was drive about 10 miles from town and they could find electricity and working cell towers. I never was 100% sure if the cell towers were because of that or a different problem.
I think that was the first time I ever saw an entire town come to a standstill. Just a few short years ago stores would have remained open for cash sales, but I guess nobody has cash anymore. I also realized how the city isn’t that smart to have so much tied together that one cut in a line could cause so many outages.
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For what it’s worth, went and worked on the home of the assistant/aide to our local congressman up here in NorCal earlier this week. Was’nt sure how it’d go, was pepared to go toe to toe in support of Trump. But, as we got to talking and I voiced my support, she blurted out “Me too!” .
We had a lively conversation, she is all in! She is dismayed that her employer, Doug LaMalfa the congressman, was leaning Cruz, but said it was party “motivated”, and she was working on him. She was a delegate last election, a Mormon and backed Romney, but now despises the man. She is on board and working to be a delegate again. Said if Trump is ripped off she was going independent, even if it costs her her job.
Anyways, made my day and gives me hope my state will be a part in Making America Great Again.
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I hope so too, Derk.
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I am really beginning to like Mark Dice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyMMliNz2uM&feature=youtu.be
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Idiocracy. Sad but true.
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Just saw this at WRSA. Wish it were only amusing, and not sadly and starkly true:
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This looks really good! One-pan pasta in about ten minutes.
http://www.marthastewart.com/978784/one-pan-pasta
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